1999–2000 Detroit Pistons season

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1999–2000 Detroit Pistons season

Head coach

Alvin Gentry (fired)
George Irvine

General manager

Rick Sund

Owner(s)

Bill Davidson

Arena

The Palace of Auburn Hills

Results

Record

42–40 (.512)

Place

Division: 4th (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)

Playoff finish

First round
(lost to Heat 0–3)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Pistons' 52nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 43rd season in the city of Detroit.^[1] During the off-season, the Pistons re-signed free agents Terry Mills,^[2]^[3]^[4] and Michael Curry.^[5]^[6]^[7] After the retirements of Joe Dumars and Bison Dele, the Pistons were led by Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse as they provided a 1-2 scoring punch, and were both selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] The Pistons struggled losing their first four games, but then won 18 of their next 28 games, and held a 25–23 record at the All-Star break.^[13] At mid-season, Don Reid was released to free agency, and later on signed with the Washington Wizards,^[14] while head coach Alvin Gentry was fired after a 28–30 start, and was replaced with assistant George Irvine.^[15]^[16]^[17] The Pistons won 14 of their next 24 games, and finished fourth in the Central Division with a 42–40 record.^[18]

Hill averaged 25.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, while Stackhouse averaged 23.6 points and 1.3 steals per game, and Lindsey Hunter provided the team with 12.7 points and 1.6 steals per game. In addition, Christian Laettner provided with 12.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, while Jerome Williams played a sixth man role, averaging 8.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game off the bench, and Mills contributed 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.^[19] Hill also finished in eighth place in Most Valuable Player voting,^[20] while Stackhouse finished in third place in Most Improved Player voting.^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]

However, Hill suffered a devastating ankle injury in April, then re-injured his ankle during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs against the Miami Heat.^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28] Without Hill, the Pistons lost Game 3 at home to the Heat, 91–72, thus losing the series.^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]

Following the season, Hill was traded to the Orlando Magic after six seasons in Detroit,^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37] while Hunter was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks,^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41] and Laettner and Mills were both dealt to the Dallas Mavericks,^[42]^[43]^[44]^[45] while Vaught was traded to the Mavericks in a separate trade.^[46]^[47]^[48] However, Mills was released by the Mavericks, and signed as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers.^[49]

For the season, the Pistons added new dark red alternate road uniforms with black side panels, which remained in use until 2001.^[50]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	54	Melvin Levett	SG	United States	Cincinnati

Roster

1999–2000 Detroit Pistons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G/F	30	Buechler, Jud	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1968–06–19	Arizona
G	22	Crotty, John	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1969–07–15	Virginia
G	12	Curry, Michael	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1968–08–22	Georgia Southern
F	33	Hill, Grant	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1972–10–05	Duke
G	1	Hunter, Lindsey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1970–12–03	Jackson State
G	5	Jackson, Jermaine	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1976–06–07	Detroit Mercy
C	32	Laettner, Christian	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1969–08–17	Duke
F/C	6	Mills, Terry	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1967–12–21	Michigan
C	00	Montross, Eric	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1971–09–23	North Carolina
F/C	31	Moore, Mikki	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1975–11–04	Nebraska
G/F	42	Stackhouse, Jerry	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1974–11–05	North Carolina
F/C	35	Vaught, Loy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1968–02–27	Michigan
F	13	Williams, Jerome	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	1973–05–10	Georgetown

Head coach

Alvin Gentry (fired)
George Irvine

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Drew
Morris McHone
Mike Abdenour (trainer)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 13, 1999

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Indiana Pacers	56	26	.683	–	36–5	20–21	20–8
x-Charlotte Hornets	49	33	.598	7	30–11	19–22	20–8
x-Toronto Raptors	45	37	.549	11	26–15	19–22	16–12
x-Detroit Pistons	42	40	.512	14	27–14	15–26	16–12
x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	14	23–18	19–22	16–12
Cleveland Cavaliers	32	50	.390	24	22–19	10–31	8–20
Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	28	21–20	7–34	11–17
Chicago Bulls	17	65	.207	39	12–29	5–36	5–23

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Indiana Pacers	56	26	.683	–
2	y-Miami Heat	52	30	.634	4
3	x-New York Knicks	50	32	.610	6
4	x-Charlotte Hornets	49	33	.598	7
5	x-Philadelphia 76ers	49	33	.598	7
6	x-Toronto Raptors	45	37	.549	11
7	x-Detroit Pistons	42	40	.512	14
8	x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	14

9	Orlando Magic	41	41	.500	15
10	Boston Celtics	35	47	.427	21
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	32	50	.390	24
12	New Jersey Nets	31	51	.378	25
13	Washington Wizards	29	53	.354	27
14	Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	28
15	Chicago Bulls	17	65	.207	39

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1999-2000 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3
Boston	3–1	—	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	3–1	3–1	—	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–0
Chicago	1–3	2–2	0–4	—	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	0–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2
Cleveland	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	3–1
Dallas	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	—	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1
Detroit	3–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	3–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	—	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	—	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1
Miami	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	—	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–0
Milwaukee	4–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	4–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	0–2
New Jersey	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	1–3	3–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
New York	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2
Orlando	3–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–3	—	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–0
Philadelphia	4–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–4	4–0	2–0
Portland	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	—	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	0–4	—	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	—	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	—	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0
Toronto	2–2	2–2	1–3	4–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–2
Utah	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	—	3–1	2–0
Vancouver	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	1–3	—	1–1
Washington	3–1	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	—

Playoffs

2000 playoff game log

First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 22	@ Miami	L 85–95	Jerry Stackhouse (23)	Hill, Williams (9)	Grant Hill (5)	American Airlines Arena 16,500	0–1
2	April 25	@ Miami	L 82–84	Jerry Stackhouse (26)	Stackhouse, Williams (7)	Grant Hill (4)	American Airlines Arena 16,500	0–2
3	April 29	Miami	L 72–91	Jerry Stackhouse (25)	Christian Laettner (7)	Jerry Stackhouse (3)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,507	0–3

2000 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marcus Brown	6	0	7.5	.286	.000	1.000	1.2	.5	.0	.0	1.7
Jud Buechler	58	5	11.3	.353	.217	.286	1.6	.6	.4	.3	2.2
John Crotty	69	0	13.6	.422	.413	.860	1.1	1.9	.4	.1	4.7
Michael Curry	82	3	19.6	.480	.200	.839	1.3	1.1	.4	.1	6.2
Grant Hill	74	74	37.5	.489	.347	.795	6.6	5.2	1.4	.6	25.8
Lindsey Hunter	82	82	35.6	.425	.432	.760	3.0	4.0	1.6	.3	12.7
Jermaine Jackson	7	0	10.4	.091	.000	.625	1.6	.6	.4	.0	1.0
Christian Laettner	82	82	29.8	.473	.292	.812	6.7	2.3	1.0	.5	12.2
Terry Mills	82	78	22.5	.439	.393	.735	4.8	1.0	.5	.3	6.7
Eric Montross	51	0	6.5	.309		.500	1.4	.1	.1	.2	.8
Mikki Moore	29	0	16.8	.621		.794	3.9	.6	.3	1.1	7.9
Don Reid^†	21	3	7.9	.471		.500	1.2	.0	.2	.6	1.7
Jerry Stackhouse	82	82	38.4	.428	.288	.815	3.8	4.5	1.3	.4	23.6
Loy Vaught	43	0	6.8	.360	.000	.688	2.1	.3	.1	.1	1.7
Jerome Williams	82	1	25.6	.564	.000	.616	9.6	.8	1.2	.3	8.4

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jud Buechler	3	0	11.3	.286	.400		1.3	.3	.0	.3	2.0
John Crotty	3	0	17.0	.200	.000	1.000	1.3	1.3	.3	.3	2.0
Michael Curry	3	1	26.3	.522		.667	1.0	1.0	.3	.3	9.3
Grant Hill	2	2	27.5	.375	.500	.900	5.5	4.5	.5	.0	11.0
Lindsey Hunter	3	3	31.0	.313	.111	.667	2.3	1.7	1.7	.3	8.3
Christian Laettner	3	3	25.0	.412		.750	5.0	2.0	.0	.3	6.7
Terry Mills	3	3	25.7	.600	.667	.500	2.0	.3	.7	.0	8.3
Eric Montross	2	0	2.5				1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Mikki Moore	3	0	14.0	.417		1.000	4.0	1.0	.3	.0	6.0
Jerry Stackhouse	3	3	40.0	.407	.429	.742	4.0	3.3	.7	.0	24.7
Loy Vaught	2	0	8.0	.000			3.0	.0	1.0	.0	.0
Jerome Williams	3	0	24.3	.500		.125	7.0	.7	1.0	.0	5.0

Awards and records

Grant Hill, All-NBA Second Team

Transactions

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1999–2000 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle